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21 Wednesday Feb 2024

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arrived home yesterday to a cupboard cleaning frenzy…

everything had been removed from two cupboards and partially put back…

not necessarily the way I would like…

as I look at the result, it occurs to me that we use a great number of different items that I used previously, lol…

reminded me of when my beloved was off of work and doing most of the cooking… he had some bizarre idea that things should be organized the way he liked 😳…

considering that my housemate has been here for just over a year, I suppose he should have a say in how things are organized, but still🤔…

and then we dealt with the pantry together…

smallest…

06 Monday Nov 2023

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when we were working in the garage recently, I found a collection of rocks and put some in a container to bring in the house for the smallest fish tank….

the fish didn’t want to move as I was putting the rocks into the tank, which was missing coverage on the bottom…

once done, the tank looked better and the fish seemed to approve;-)…

last year this tank held pond plants, but as the fish have grown, it seems like a good idea to provide a bit more room…

crowded…

27 Wednesday Sep 2023

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for the last few weeks I’ve been working on getting the condos (fish tanks), ready for the move from garden to house…

when the fish moved outdoors in the spring, I didn’t clean up the tanks, sigh…

so, it started with cleaning the tank that held the plants last winter… I’ve decided to use it for fish, as the fish were getting a bit crowded in the two tanks…

got it cleaned and then a few days went by before I faced the two big tanks…

had to use the wetvac to remove all the water from the big tanks and dump it down the toilet in small batches… that took quite a bit of time and effort…

next I had to scrub them both down… then I brought in the hose and filled all three tanks up… another slow process…

I had to purchase a pump for the newest tank… as I hooked them up, the biggest pump would not work…

finally, after numerous attempts, it started working and now all three tanks are running and cleaning the water…

it will be weeks before the fish move in, but the tanks will be ready for them…

the funniest thing is realizing how much noise they make, after being silent all summer…

whew;-)…

hold…

05 Wednesday Apr 2023

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I filled up another few boxes for the giveaway pile…

in the process I went through an already packed box from ages ago… there were mugs, some silver, and pottery…

as I moved them from one box to another I came across a few mugs which I decided to hold onto…

had my tea in this one as I waited for the boxes to be picked up from the front steps, lol…

of course the problem is I may need to get rid of two others to make room for these ones…

murkiness…

11 Saturday Mar 2023

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well, that was a process;-(…

cleaning the pumps is not one of my favourite jobs, but I have gotten pretty good with it now that I have no choice, lol…

both tanks were getting murky which is the sign that the entire pump needs to be cleaned… that means the tube and the three different filters in each pump…

yucky, but necessary to get done… small one went fine… I don’t even make a face when I am rinsing them by hand whereas before I wouldn’t even consider touching them…

those big girl pants…

when I dealt with the big pump it was cleaned and put back without any issues…

but, when I plugged it back in nothing happened, sigh…

tried plugging it into a few other outlets, but no luck… brought it back into the kitchen, dumped the water out of it and removed the actual pump, which is quite tiny…

then I took the two pieces apart, used a Q-tip to clean both and rinsed it out without getting the outside of it wet…

got it back together, plugged it in and it worked, phew… when the pumps stop working it is rather worrisome because there is the concern about the stress on the fish in the tank…

now to see how long it takes to clear up the water and get rid of the murkiness…

murky…

29 Thursday Dec 2022

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it has been a quiet few days here…

time has been spent watching bunnies and birds and squirrels through various windows…

but in the house there has been a problem with one of the fish tanks… it has been very murky… I’ve tried a few things without success…

Wednesday was spent taking about a quarter of the water out of the tank, deep cleaning the pump and filters and finally, adding fresh water…

yesterday I could see the difference… and I was very pleased with how clear the water is so far…

excited to see if it gets even better over the next few days…

confused…

09 Wednesday Nov 2022

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last week the cleaning company got a little confused and they came on Friday instead of Wednesday…

it always takes a bit of time to be sure everything is tidy for their arrival… when they didn’t arrive on Wednesday at the designated time, I called and left a message, but didn’t hear back…

Thursday I called and left a second message, but again didn’t hear back… this is not the norm with this company so I was starting to worry about them…

Friday, first thing in the morning I got a call… due to a few strange happenings, both of my calls had been missed and their scheduling app had a few hiccups, so they now had me scheduled for noon…

I ran around and did a final tidy and they arrived a few minutes early… they did a great job of making the place nice and shiny…

the bed always looks fancy after they’ve been, lol… very nice for an afternoon nap;-)…

effort…

15 Monday Aug 2022

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spent time in the computer room this morning when it looked like it was going to rain… although it didn’t at that time…

cleared off the desktop, threw out paper, gathered a few items for the giveaway box, put cushions in the closet (possibly I have a cushion problem, lol), and moved a few things around…

even found a few things I’d forgotten…

a few more hours of effort before my son-in-law arrives from the east on Saturday and it should be comfortable for him to work in, lol… I hope…

bike…

26 Thursday May 2022

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on Tuesday, my grandson arrived with his bike in the back of the car…

he had spent hours over the weekend getting the inside and outside of Indi cleaned for me…

I had spent the morning finding space in the garage so that she would fit as she has returned home… very exciting…

looking good…

extreme…

31 Friday Dec 2021

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this morning there was an extreme cold warning, so I put on two pairs of pants, a vest, my purple Canada Goose jacket, mitts, and headed to the end of the sidewalk…

last night the snow plows cleaned the street so there was quite a pile of snow left at the street end of the sidewalk…

it must have been about two feet deep and two feet across… I was thrilled to discover that it wasn’t full of ice chunks and had not frozen into a solid clump…

once again, they did a great job of the driveway… it didn’t need any touching up at all…

only took ten minutes and I was rather proud of my work…

hoping the mail carrier would bring me some fun mail;-)…

and should there be anyone first footing tomorrow, the sidewalk will be clear;-)…